A cross-cultural look at serving the public interest: American and Israeli journalists consider ethical scenarios

Journalism

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-181

  Berkowitz, Dan ^a   Limor, Yehiel ^b,c   Singer, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Ethics; Israel; Journalists; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648970502     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490452001     Document Type: Article

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